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Let the Mom in your life customize her abode with this vinyl wall mural gift of France's most iconic symbol: the Eiffel Tower. Made from high quality 7 year vinyl, these decals can be ordered in a variety of colors andcan be applied to anything flat and non-porous, such as: Windows, Paint, Plastics, Metal.
Light up your mother's special day, and her living room, with this exquisite rooster lamp which that elegant French country look to any home. Richly hand painted poly resin base is beautifully detailed. Fabric lamp shade is a shimmering gold and accented with feathers and beads for added sparkle.
All mothers know the way to a family's heart is through cooking. With that in mind, she'll adore Jacques Pépin's "Fast Food My Way", a cookbook the celebrity cooks and critics have called “fabulous,” “chic,” and “elegant", with recipes that are faster, fresher, and easier than ever. Only Jacques could have come up with dishes so innovative and uncomplicated.
Brighten up your Mom's kitchen with this collection of collection of canisters - thé (tea), café (coffee), sucre (sugar), farine (flour) - reproducing traditional French designs. When you still get to see something like this at an antique or flea Market in France your heart longs for it, but the prices are usually ridiculous and the condition of the pieces deplorable. This canister set is not only decorative, it is fully functional, and perfect for storage.
Give Mom's kitchen traditional French style with this metal bird motif cookbook holder. This lovely shabby and romantic style cookbook holder, with it aged patina, is held in place by the 2 chain supports strong enough for both the most voluminous French cookbook and all your mother's cooking goodness.
Mom will enjoy the coffee made the French way! Bodum's French press coffeemaker has become one of the most popular in the world, yet the design has not strayed from the original drawings created decades ago in Normandy. Indeed, the ease of brewing and the delicious smell and taste of French-roasted dark coffee have remained unchanged.
The secret to magnificent, lighter-than-air French pastry crusts, will be shared by Mom! Rolling out proper pie crusts that are both tender and flaky is a snap with this pin. Tapered from the middle to both ends, it rolls out dough thinly and perfectly by pushing it from the middle.
The next best thing to a year abroad -- although Mother would undoubtedly appreciate that gift, too -- Tune Up Your French: Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Spoken French offers French learners an entertaining and practical way to hone their conversation skills. Structured around 10 key areas for improvement, covering everything from tricky grammatical structures to gestures, slang, and humor.
Deceptively simple and effective in improving French listening comprehension, the Smart French: Learn French from Real French People CD and audiobook will have your Mother feeling more and more confident about her ability to "talk" French just by learning how to recognize the "rhythm" of the language and its predictable patterns as spoken by the French themselves.
This coffee table book contains 30 stunning photos of Jesus Chris during the New Testament-era. You will feel like you are actually at the Nativity, Christ's baptism, His miracles, Atonement, death, and resurrection. Your mother will treasure this Mothers Day gift for years to come.
Send your Mom to Paris, with none other than ubiquitous man-about-Europe Rick Steves! The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the cozy crêperies of Ile St. Louis—Rick Steves’ Paris 2009 allows any traveler to experience all that the City of Light has to offer, from the big-name attractions to the local favorites.
This is the bag you'll see all over Paris! For your favorite Mom the top-selling Le Pliage tote can become a school bag, gym bag, shopping tote, diaper bag, overnight bag, or flight companion. Le Pliage features a easy, classic style sure to stay perpetually fashionable, with tanned leather trim, and a wonderful lightweight but sturdy nylon compartment that folds up into a tiny package for convenience or storage.
Mom will do up her hair in style with the classic, Luxe Ultra Comfort Headband -- the perfect luxury solution to pull your hair back with flair and ease. Made in France, this headband will custom form to fit to any head. Extremely comfortable and bendable.
Does your Mother love Paris in the springtime? Then she'll love this gorgeous umbrella. Turns those dreary, rainy days into something with a little more style. This stunning umbrella is printed with black-and-white scenes of the City of Light to add a little cheer to your walk in the rain. A breathtaking work of art!
Fun, charming, and simply adorable! Mom will be the darling of any gathering with these unique, hard to come by earrings designed on France's most famous monument! Made in a Antique Silver tone, and inlaid with 3-D Crystals.
Guaranteed to make Mother feel ready for a stroll along Les Champs Elysées. Crafted from solid 14 Karat Gold and set with 1 full carat of Genuine Diamonds, these earrings will surely make an astonishing present for the most important person in your family!
Cartier. The ultimate Mother's Day gift! Make this Mother's Day timeless with this piece from the House of Cartier, world's premier maker of jewelry and timepieces. Stainless Steel and 18K Gold encase a crisp white-grained dial, black hour indicators, and dark, blued-steel hands creates a classic look, while the Cartier logo marks this fine timepiece. !
Oh la la! Quelle extravagance! Who can resist? Delicious, authentic imported French Chocolate Truffles dusted with cocoa powder! Offer a gift of French Chocolate Truffles to Mom, and you're sure to be the hit of Mother's Day!
For the Mother who is a true French Gourmet. Fleur de Sel is an all-natural finishing sea salt from Guerande in Brittany France. Unprocessed, unrefined, unadulterated. This salt is unlike any you've ever tasted. A true spice, it highlights vegetables, sauces, meats and seafood creations with a taste enjoyed by professional chefs worldwide.
A specialty of Gascony, foie gras is amongst the world's great gastronomic delicacies. Mom will savor these fully cooked foies gras from Rougié, France's leading foie gras producer -- wonderfully rich in flavor and with a silky smooth texture, and made with the finest liver, truffles, seasonings, and port wine.
Share the hand-crafted, rejuvenating goodness, rich lather, silky texture, and exquisite fragrance of France's Mistral Soaps with that most special Mom. Made in the heart of Provence according to a three-hundred year old tradition of purity and excellence, Mistral Soaps are the finest triple milled soaps in the world. Available in 25 scents, formulated from the highest quality oils of olive, palm or coconut combined with skin-softening African shea butters.
Give Mother the Night Cream used by France's most beautiful mothers. The overnight restoring action of Lancôme's highly sought-after Rénergie Night Cream, enriched with Mulberry and Scutellaria Extracts, helps accelerate surface cellular renewal, so skin is re-energized and looks well-rested. Used over time, skin becomes smoother, younger-looking, with readily visible wrinkle reduction.
A luxury high note for Mom's vanity. Isinis' large, Pure Boar Bristle Hair Brush is made from the coarse mane of France's wild sanglier boars. A black hard wood handle, and eleven rows of Pure Boar Bristles set in a Red Cushion base will set Mom to daydreaming of the French Countryside as she brushes fresh luster and love into her locks.
Treat your Mother to the most complete collection of songs from France's most thrilling and beloved crooner and songwriter, Jacques Brel. Featuring 40 remastered tracks including five previously unreleased tracks recorded during the 'Les Marquises' sessions.
Let Mom experience the romance and charm of Paris and the French countryside with Acoustic France, a CD collection featuring contemporary chanson and acoustic pop by established stars and up-and-coming artists from today's thriving French music scene. Inspired by the classic styles of an earlier generation, young artists are borrowing from old-school chanson, folk and Gypsy jazz to create an appealing modern sound.
36 Classic Tracks will have your Mother dreaming of a street side cafe rendezvous in France's City of Light. These Timeless French Cafe Songs, imbued with passion and romance, will set a charming French ambiance to any romantic diner, intimate meal, or gathering of friends.
Let Mom be swept away by the passion of director Claude Lelouch's 1966 French classic! A tender, visually exciting film of revitalizing love, Un Homme et Une Femme follows characters embodied by Jean-Louis Trinignant and Anouk Aimee as they share a romance filled with humor and truth, intertwined with the demands of career and parenthood. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival, and Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
At the end of lovely Mother's Day, let mom kick up her heels for the extended version of Oscar winning "La Vie en Rose, the critically-acclaimed biopic about the legendary French singing icon Edith Piaf, whose voice and talent captivated the world. The film is a portrait of a remarkable artist born into poverty who survived using the only gift she had - her voice. Piaf's tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love, with no regrets.
Treat your favorite mother to one of the French fragrance house's most outstanding perfumes. Different enough to stand out, but light enough to be refreshing. This scent is the perfect blend of light citrus and a hint of flowers. Spritz it on the morning and Mom will feel like facing the day with a Happy smile!
This is a modern fragrance that captures the timeless couture spirit of Dior. Combining pure French couture spirit with the audacity of youthful, playful notes, the Mother who wears Miss Dior Chérie can feel simultaneously like sexy goddess -- even in her kitchen apron -- and a delicate, perfectly gorgeous flower.
Another timeless classic perfume for that special Mom. Anais Anais is a refreshing flowery fragrance blended of cedar leather and freshly cut, white floral notes of gardenia jasmine and lily of the valley. When worn it's certain to take the senses and imagination to the romantic gardens of France.
A beautiful escape to the French countryside for the deserving Mom. An absolutely enchanting book for those who've wish to recall visions of France from previous trips, and for those who dream still of one day making the trip there. Gorgeously illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns of France is a journey through the French countryside, a place where the pace slows, locals engage strangers in conversation, and every town has a unique story to tell.
An extraordinary work of fiction that deserving Mom won't want to put down. Irène Némirovsky's tale of the German occupation of France is embedded in a real story as gripping and complex as the invented one. Composed in 1941-42 by the accomplished Némirovsky who had published several well-received novels, Suite Française, her last work, was written under the tremendous pressure of a constant danger that was to catch up with her and kill her before she had finished.
A must have for any France-loving Mother. Available in assorted colors, these classic 100% wool berets by Betmar are timeless, versatile, and know no boundary when it comes to what you can wear them with, or where you go.
Any Parisian-loving Mom will let her wanderlust roam away with these Rendez-Vous in Paris Nesting Cases. Perfect for storing elegant ornIrène Némirov,skyIvskyaments, ecial gift boxes, or simply to decorate. Lush and rich colors, lIrène Némirovskyarge rectangular shape, perfect for many uses.
